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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1023" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="protect" action="modify" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-30T20:11:27Z" comment="">
        <param>[edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)</param>
        <param />
      </item>
      <item logid="1022" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-30T20:11:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="777" cur="778" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1000" pageid="61" ns="14" title="Category:Markets" type="protect" action="protect" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-29T09:51:35Z" comment="">
        <param>[edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite)</param>
        <param />
      </item>
      <item logid="999" pageid="64" ns="14" title="Category:Market properties" type="protect" action="protect" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-29T09:51:23Z" comment="">
        <param>[edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite)</param>
        <param />
      </item>
      <item logid="998" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="protect" action="protect" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-29T09:49:55Z" comment="Excessive vandalism">
        <param>[edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite)</param>
        <param />
      </item>
      <item logid="997" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2011-12-29T09:48:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="731" cur="765" />
      </item>
      <item logid="971" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-27T06:14:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="730" cur="731" />
      </item>
      <item logid="970" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-27T06:14:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="729" cur="730" />
      </item>
      <item logid="956" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-24T18:34:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="716" cur="720" />
      </item>
      <item logid="897" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Gervvant" type="block" action="block" user="Dorit.Geifman" timestamp="2011-12-18T17:38:39Z" comment="">
        <block flags="nocreate" duration="infinite" expiry="2025-03-13T20:09:47Z" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2011-12-18T17:38:21Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>